# Alberta (given name)

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Alberta Gender Female Language Germanic Origin Meaning Noble and Bright Other names Related names Albert, Albertina, Albertine

**Alberta** is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Germanic words *[adal](/source/Ethel_(disambiguation))* "noble" and *[beraht](/source/Beraht)* "right".[1] **Alberta** may refer to:

## Translations

- [Catalan](/source/Catalan_language): Alberta

- [Danish](/source/Danish_language): Alberte

- [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language): Albertina

- [French](/source/French_language): [Albertine](/source/Albertine_(given_name))

- [German](/source/German_language): Albertina

- [Italian](/source/Italian_language): Alberta

- [Polish](/source/Polish_language): Alberta

- [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language): Albertina

- [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language): Alberta

- [Welsh](/source/Welsh_language): Alberta

## Notable people named Alberta

- [Princess Louise Caroline Alberta](/source/Princess_Louise_Caroline_Alberta) (1848–1939), daughter of [Queen Victoria](/source/Queen_Victoria) and namesake of the [Canadian province](/source/Alberta)

- [Alberta of Agen](/source/Alberta_of_Agen) (died 286), Roman martyr

- [Alberta, Queen of Castile](/source/Alberta%2C_Queen_of_Castile) (fl. 1071), wife of [Sancho II](/source/Sancho_II_of_Castile_and_Le%C3%B3n)

- [Alberta Adams](/source/Alberta_Adams) (1917–2014), American blues singer

- [Alberta Alexandrescu](/source/Alberta_Alexandrescu), Romanian pianist

- [Alberta Ampomah](/source/Alberta_Ampomah) (born 1994), Ghanaian weightlifter

- [Alberta Anderson](/source/Alberta_Anderson), American politician

- [Alberta Bigagli](/source/Alberta_Bigagli) (1928–2017), Italian psychologist and poet

- [Alberta Brianti](/source/Alberta_Brianti) (born 1980), Italian tennis player

- [Alberta Cariño](/source/Alberta_Cari%C3%B1o) (died 2010), Mexican human rights defender

- [Alberta Jeannette Cassell](/source/Alberta_Jeannette_Cassell) (1926–2007), American architect and children's book author

- [Alberta Cleland](/source/Alberta_Cleland) (1876–1960), Canadian painter and educator

- [Alberta Darling](/source/Alberta_Darling) (born 1944), American educator and congresswoman from Wisconsin

- [Alberta Gallatin](/source/Alberta_Gallatin) (1861–1948), American stage and film actress

- [Alberta Gay](/source/Alberta_Gay) (1913–1987), mother of singer [Marvin Gaye](/source/Marvin_Gaye)

- [Alberta Pierson Hannum](/source/Alberta_Pierson_Hannum) (1906–1985), American author

- [Alberta Hunter](/source/Alberta_Hunter) (1895–1984), American jazz singer and songwriter

- [Alberta Martin](/source/Alberta_Martin) (1906–2004), once thought to have been the last surviving widow of a Confederate soldier

- [Alberta Johanna Meijer-Smetz](/source/Alberta_Johanna_Meijer-Smetz) (1893–1953), Dutch painter

- [Alberta Jones Seaton](/source/Alberta_Jones_Seaton) (1924–2014), American zoologist

- [Alberta Odell Jones](/source/Alberta_Odell_Jones) (1930–1965), American attorney and civil rights icon

- [Alberta Kinsey](/source/Alberta_Kinsey) (1875–1952), American painter

- [Alberta Lee](/source/Alberta_Lee) (1860–1928), American stage and film actress

- [Alberta Masiello](/source/Alberta_Masiello) (1915–1990), Italian-American conductor and opera singer

- [Alberta Mayne](/source/Alberta_Mayne) (born 1980), Canadian actress, theatre producer, and social activist

- [Alberta Mennega](/source/Alberta_Mennega) (1912–2009), Dutch botanist

- [Alberta Montagu, Countess of Sandwich](/source/Alberta_Montagu%2C_Countess_of_Sandwich) (1877–1951), American heiress and British aristocrat

- [Alberta Neiswanger Hall](/source/Alberta_Neiswanger_Hall) (1870–1956), American composer and children's book author

- [Alberta Nelson](/source/Alberta_Nelson) (1937–2006), American television and film actress

- [Alberta Nichols](/source/Alberta_Nichols) (1898–1957), American songwriter

- [Alberta Pfeiffer](/source/Alberta_Pfeiffer) (1899–1994), American architect

- [Alberta Sackey](/source/Alberta_Sackey) (born 1972), Ghanaian footballer

- [Alberta Santuccio](/source/Alberta_Santuccio) (born 1994), Italian fencer

- [Alberta Virginia Scott](/source/Alberta_Virginia_Scott) (c. 1875–1902), American educator

- [Alberta Schenck Adams](/source/Alberta_Schenck_Adams) (1928–2009), American civil rights activist

- Alberta Sheriff (fl. 1998–1999), also known as [Alberta](/source/Alberta_(singer)), a singer from [Sierra Leone](/source/Sierra_Leone)

- [Alberta Slim](/source/Alberta_Slim) (1910–2005), Canadian country singer

- [Alberta Tinsley-Talabi](/source/Alberta_Tinsley-Talabi) (born 1954), American congresswoman from Michigan

- [Alberta Banner Turner](/source/Alberta_Banner_Turner) (1909–2008), American professor and psychologist

- [Alberta Uitangcoy-Santos](/source/Alberta_Uitangcoy-Santos) (1865–1953), Filipino woman's rights activist

- [Alberta Vaughn](/source/Alberta_Vaughn) (1904–1992), American silent film actress

- [Alberta Watson](/source/Alberta_Watson) (1955–2015), Canadian film and television actress

- [Alberta Whittle](/source/Alberta_Whittle) (born 1980), Barbadian-Scottish artist

- [Alberta Williams King](/source/Alberta_Williams_King) (1904–1974), mother of [Martin Luther King Jr.](/source/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.)

- [Alberta Zanardi](/source/Alberta_Zanardi) (born 1940), Italian sprint canoer

## See also

- [Albert (given name)](/source/Albert_(given_name))

- [Albert (surname)](/source/Albert_(surname))

- [Alberta (disambiguation)](/source/Alberta_(disambiguation))

- [All pages with titles beginning with *Alberta*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:PrefixIndex/Alberta)

- [Albreta Moore Smith](/source/Albreta_Moore_Smith) (c. 1875–1957) American writer, [clubwoman](/source/Clubwoman)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Mfnames.com - Origin and Meaning of Albert"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035650/http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/a/origin-and-meaning-of-albert.htm). Archived from [the original](http://www.mfnames.com/mnames/a/origin-and-meaning-of-albert.htm) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-11-12.

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